Waymon Hudson
@waymonhudson.bsky.social
Queer. Deaf. Loud.
✍️ Memoirist | 🎭 Musical Creator | 📣 Marketing Futurist
Dispatches from the jungle, the page, and the stage.
✍️ Memoirist | 🎭 Musical Creator | 📣 Marketing Futurist
Dispatches from the jungle, the page, and the stage.
On the dance floor, nobody can hear each other.
Everyone’s speaking in movement — in looks, in rhythm, in touch.
That’s the great equalizer.
🎧 Stream Talk With Your Hands → distrokid.com/hyperfollow/...
Everyone’s speaking in movement — in looks, in rhythm, in touch.
That’s the great equalizer.
🎧 Stream Talk With Your Hands → distrokid.com/hyperfollow/...
November 7, 2025 at 7:20 PM
On the dance floor, nobody can hear each other.
Everyone’s speaking in movement — in looks, in rhythm, in touch.
That’s the great equalizer.
🎧 Stream Talk With Your Hands → distrokid.com/hyperfollow/...
Everyone’s speaking in movement — in looks, in rhythm, in touch.
That’s the great equalizer.
🎧 Stream Talk With Your Hands → distrokid.com/hyperfollow/...
And when Prohibition ended, the raids began. Police shut down the very stages that had given America its jazz, its laughter, its freedom.
We lost more than bars. We lost archives of queer art, power, and visibility.
We lost more than bars. We lost archives of queer art, power, and visibility.
October 26, 2025 at 2:12 PM
And when Prohibition ended, the raids began. Police shut down the very stages that had given America its jazz, its laughter, its freedom.
We lost more than bars. We lost archives of queer art, power, and visibility.
We lost more than bars. We lost archives of queer art, power, and visibility.
💔 Before I Go — out now.
The quietest goodbye I’ve ever written.
The moment you realize love shouldn’t make you disappear.
🎧 Stream it here: distrokid.com/hyperfollow/...
#Music #NewMusic #NewMusicFriday #NewMusicAlert #NewMusic2025 #popmusic #Deaf
The quietest goodbye I’ve ever written.
The moment you realize love shouldn’t make you disappear.
🎧 Stream it here: distrokid.com/hyperfollow/...
#Music #NewMusic #NewMusicFriday #NewMusicAlert #NewMusic2025 #popmusic #Deaf
October 10, 2025 at 4:33 PM
💔 Before I Go — out now.
The quietest goodbye I’ve ever written.
The moment you realize love shouldn’t make you disappear.
🎧 Stream it here: distrokid.com/hyperfollow/...
#Music #NewMusic #NewMusicFriday #NewMusicAlert #NewMusic2025 #popmusic #Deaf
The quietest goodbye I’ve ever written.
The moment you realize love shouldn’t make you disappear.
🎧 Stream it here: distrokid.com/hyperfollow/...
#Music #NewMusic #NewMusicFriday #NewMusicAlert #NewMusic2025 #popmusic #Deaf
I brought my U.S. rescue Maggie with me. Then Costa Rica gave me Daisy, Rose, and Iris — three jungle rescues who now run my life. 🌴🐶
October 1, 2025 at 2:35 PM
I brought my U.S. rescue Maggie with me. Then Costa Rica gave me Daisy, Rose, and Iris — three jungle rescues who now run my life. 🌴🐶
And then there’s the rescue scene.
🐕 Territorio de Zaguates (“Land of the Strays”) — hundreds of happy dogs in the mountains
🐾 Local shelters in every town
🦜 Even wildlife rescues support pet adoptions
🐕 Territorio de Zaguates (“Land of the Strays”) — hundreds of happy dogs in the mountains
🐾 Local shelters in every town
🦜 Even wildlife rescues support pet adoptions
October 1, 2025 at 2:35 PM
And then there’s the rescue scene.
🐕 Territorio de Zaguates (“Land of the Strays”) — hundreds of happy dogs in the mountains
🐾 Local shelters in every town
🦜 Even wildlife rescues support pet adoptions
🐕 Territorio de Zaguates (“Land of the Strays”) — hundreds of happy dogs in the mountains
🐾 Local shelters in every town
🦜 Even wildlife rescues support pet adoptions
Vet care here is affordable + solid.
🩺 Routine exam: $25–$40
✂️ Spay/neuter: $50–$150
🏠 Many rentals are pet-friendly (but always ask).
🩺 Routine exam: $25–$40
✂️ Spay/neuter: $50–$150
🏠 Many rentals are pet-friendly (but always ask).
October 1, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Vet care here is affordable + solid.
🩺 Routine exam: $25–$40
✂️ Spay/neuter: $50–$150
🏠 Many rentals are pet-friendly (but always ask).
🩺 Routine exam: $25–$40
✂️ Spay/neuter: $50–$150
🏠 Many rentals are pet-friendly (but always ask).
Here’s the breakdown for bringing pets to Costa Rica:
✅ No quarantine for healthy dogs/cats from U.S., Canada, EU
✅ Health certificate + vaccines
✅ Parasite treatments
✅ Airline-approved crate
👉 Pro tip: non-stop flights = way less stress
✅ No quarantine for healthy dogs/cats from U.S., Canada, EU
✅ Health certificate + vaccines
✅ Parasite treatments
✅ Airline-approved crate
👉 Pro tip: non-stop flights = way less stress
October 1, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Here’s the breakdown for bringing pets to Costa Rica:
✅ No quarantine for healthy dogs/cats from U.S., Canada, EU
✅ Health certificate + vaccines
✅ Parasite treatments
✅ Airline-approved crate
👉 Pro tip: non-stop flights = way less stress
✅ No quarantine for healthy dogs/cats from U.S., Canada, EU
✅ Health certificate + vaccines
✅ Parasite treatments
✅ Airline-approved crate
👉 Pro tip: non-stop flights = way less stress
Excited to announce I’ll be speaking at the #CostaRica LGBTI Trade Mission Sept 22–23 at the Hilton Sabana, San José 🌴
I’ll be on a panel about moving to Costa Rica + building #queer community here.
📩 Tickets/info: [email protected] or ccdcr.org/trade-mission-lgtbqcostarica
Come join us! 🌈✨ #LGBTQ
I’ll be on a panel about moving to Costa Rica + building #queer community here.
📩 Tickets/info: [email protected] or ccdcr.org/trade-mission-lgtbqcostarica
Come join us! 🌈✨ #LGBTQ
September 19, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Excited to announce I’ll be speaking at the #CostaRica LGBTI Trade Mission Sept 22–23 at the Hilton Sabana, San José 🌴
I’ll be on a panel about moving to Costa Rica + building #queer community here.
📩 Tickets/info: [email protected] or ccdcr.org/trade-mission-lgtbqcostarica
Come join us! 🌈✨ #LGBTQ
I’ll be on a panel about moving to Costa Rica + building #queer community here.
📩 Tickets/info: [email protected] or ccdcr.org/trade-mission-lgtbqcostarica
Come join us! 🌈✨ #LGBTQ
🎥 here’s a teaser if you need a little temptation before you press play.
but don’t say i didn’t warn you…
but don’t say i didn’t warn you…
September 12, 2025 at 6:30 PM
🎥 here’s a teaser if you need a little temptation before you press play.
but don’t say i didn’t warn you…
but don’t say i didn’t warn you…
I wrote this song with my whole chest (and maybe a few questionable choices).
It’s sexy. It’s raw. It’s mine.
Watch the full teaser here — and yeah, turn the volume way up.
💔 Ruin Me Slowly drops Sept 12.
Pre-save it now: distrokid.com/hyperfollow/...
#Music #NewMusic #Pop
It’s sexy. It’s raw. It’s mine.
Watch the full teaser here — and yeah, turn the volume way up.
💔 Ruin Me Slowly drops Sept 12.
Pre-save it now: distrokid.com/hyperfollow/...
#Music #NewMusic #Pop
September 6, 2025 at 4:43 PM
I wrote this song with my whole chest (and maybe a few questionable choices).
It’s sexy. It’s raw. It’s mine.
Watch the full teaser here — and yeah, turn the volume way up.
💔 Ruin Me Slowly drops Sept 12.
Pre-save it now: distrokid.com/hyperfollow/...
#Music #NewMusic #Pop
It’s sexy. It’s raw. It’s mine.
Watch the full teaser here — and yeah, turn the volume way up.
💔 Ruin Me Slowly drops Sept 12.
Pre-save it now: distrokid.com/hyperfollow/...
#Music #NewMusic #Pop
Residency options that actually exist:
1️⃣ Pensionado — $1,000/month pension
2️⃣ Rentista — $2,500/month for 2 years or $60k deposit
3️⃣ Inversionista — $150k investment
4️⃣ Digital Nomad Visa — $3,000/month remote income
1️⃣ Pensionado — $1,000/month pension
2️⃣ Rentista — $2,500/month for 2 years or $60k deposit
3️⃣ Inversionista — $150k investment
4️⃣ Digital Nomad Visa — $3,000/month remote income
September 3, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Residency options that actually exist:
1️⃣ Pensionado — $1,000/month pension
2️⃣ Rentista — $2,500/month for 2 years or $60k deposit
3️⃣ Inversionista — $150k investment
4️⃣ Digital Nomad Visa — $3,000/month remote income
1️⃣ Pensionado — $1,000/month pension
2️⃣ Rentista — $2,500/month for 2 years or $60k deposit
3️⃣ Inversionista — $150k investment
4️⃣ Digital Nomad Visa — $3,000/month remote income
🪩 The Velvet Boot & Patrons: Found Family
The Velvet Boot isn’t just a nightclub — it’s a character, the heartbeat of the show. Diverse, defiant, messy, & gorgeous, they echo the chosen families I’ve built in my own life. Their songs & stories remind us that joy itself is resistance.
The Velvet Boot isn’t just a nightclub — it’s a character, the heartbeat of the show. Diverse, defiant, messy, & gorgeous, they echo the chosen families I’ve built in my own life. Their songs & stories remind us that joy itself is resistance.
August 24, 2025 at 5:31 PM
🪩 The Velvet Boot & Patrons: Found Family
The Velvet Boot isn’t just a nightclub — it’s a character, the heartbeat of the show. Diverse, defiant, messy, & gorgeous, they echo the chosen families I’ve built in my own life. Their songs & stories remind us that joy itself is resistance.
The Velvet Boot isn’t just a nightclub — it’s a character, the heartbeat of the show. Diverse, defiant, messy, & gorgeous, they echo the chosen families I’ve built in my own life. Their songs & stories remind us that joy itself is resistance.
🎶 Addie: The Quiet That Became a Roar
Addie has helped rasied Jules & helped plant the secret seed of rebellion her. A Black queer woman who’s learned survival by keeping her head down, she has a breaking point. Her arc is about reclaiming her voice and using it to lift others.
Addie has helped rasied Jules & helped plant the secret seed of rebellion her. A Black queer woman who’s learned survival by keeping her head down, she has a breaking point. Her arc is about reclaiming her voice and using it to lift others.
August 24, 2025 at 5:31 PM
🎶 Addie: The Quiet That Became a Roar
Addie has helped rasied Jules & helped plant the secret seed of rebellion her. A Black queer woman who’s learned survival by keeping her head down, she has a breaking point. Her arc is about reclaiming her voice and using it to lift others.
Addie has helped rasied Jules & helped plant the secret seed of rebellion her. A Black queer woman who’s learned survival by keeping her head down, she has a breaking point. Her arc is about reclaiming her voice and using it to lift others.
🔥 Merc DeLuca: Comic Relief with a Wound
Rome’s best friend, Merc is sharp-tongued, flamboyant, & endlessly funny. He’s the part of me that survived by cracking jokes — even when I was falling apart.
He’s queer fire: the kind that laughs in the face of danger & loves louder than the world allows.
Rome’s best friend, Merc is sharp-tongued, flamboyant, & endlessly funny. He’s the part of me that survived by cracking jokes — even when I was falling apart.
He’s queer fire: the kind that laughs in the face of danger & loves louder than the world allows.
August 24, 2025 at 5:31 PM
🔥 Merc DeLuca: Comic Relief with a Wound
Rome’s best friend, Merc is sharp-tongued, flamboyant, & endlessly funny. He’s the part of me that survived by cracking jokes — even when I was falling apart.
He’s queer fire: the kind that laughs in the face of danger & loves louder than the world allows.
Rome’s best friend, Merc is sharp-tongued, flamboyant, & endlessly funny. He’s the part of me that survived by cracking jokes — even when I was falling apart.
He’s queer fire: the kind that laughs in the face of danger & loves louder than the world allows.
💔 Rome Moretti: Poet in a Violent World
Rome is born into a bootlegging empire. But beneath his tough exterior beats the heart of a romantic. He’s the part of me that yearned for tenderness in a world that demanded hardness.
He’s proof that vulnerability is its own revolution.
Rome is born into a bootlegging empire. But beneath his tough exterior beats the heart of a romantic. He’s the part of me that yearned for tenderness in a world that demanded hardness.
He’s proof that vulnerability is its own revolution.
August 24, 2025 at 5:31 PM
💔 Rome Moretti: Poet in a Violent World
Rome is born into a bootlegging empire. But beneath his tough exterior beats the heart of a romantic. He’s the part of me that yearned for tenderness in a world that demanded hardness.
He’s proof that vulnerability is its own revolution.
Rome is born into a bootlegging empire. But beneath his tough exterior beats the heart of a romantic. He’s the part of me that yearned for tenderness in a world that demanded hardness.
He’s proof that vulnerability is its own revolution.
Jules Delaney: Refuses to Stay Silent
Raised in a strict religious home by a police officer father & a crusading mother, Jules embodies the side of me that grew up in oppressive silence
Jules reminds us that sometimes the bravest thing you can do is speak up, even when the world tells you to hush
Raised in a strict religious home by a police officer father & a crusading mother, Jules embodies the side of me that grew up in oppressive silence
Jules reminds us that sometimes the bravest thing you can do is speak up, even when the world tells you to hush
August 24, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Jules Delaney: Refuses to Stay Silent
Raised in a strict religious home by a police officer father & a crusading mother, Jules embodies the side of me that grew up in oppressive silence
Jules reminds us that sometimes the bravest thing you can do is speak up, even when the world tells you to hush
Raised in a strict religious home by a police officer father & a crusading mother, Jules embodies the side of me that grew up in oppressive silence
Jules reminds us that sometimes the bravest thing you can do is speak up, even when the world tells you to hush
In #CostaRica, peace isn’t a slogan.
It’s a policy.
They traded tanks for teachers in 1948 and never looked back. 📚
It’s a policy.
They traded tanks for teachers in 1948 and never looked back. 📚
August 20, 2025 at 9:10 PM
In #CostaRica, peace isn’t a slogan.
It’s a policy.
They traded tanks for teachers in 1948 and never looked back. 📚
It’s a policy.
They traded tanks for teachers in 1948 and never looked back. 📚
Just dropped the first-ever live reading from my memoir Notes From a Sissy — and yes, it involves jazz hands, a church scandal, and upstaging the Virgin Mary.
✨ You’re seeing it here first: 👉 substack.com/@waymonhudson
#MemoirMonday #QueerWriters #DeafCreator #StorytellingIsSurvival
✨ You’re seeing it here first: 👉 substack.com/@waymonhudson
#MemoirMonday #QueerWriters #DeafCreator #StorytellingIsSurvival
August 6, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Just dropped the first-ever live reading from my memoir Notes From a Sissy — and yes, it involves jazz hands, a church scandal, and upstaging the Virgin Mary.
✨ You’re seeing it here first: 👉 substack.com/@waymonhudson
#MemoirMonday #QueerWriters #DeafCreator #StorytellingIsSurvival
✨ You’re seeing it here first: 👉 substack.com/@waymonhudson
#MemoirMonday #QueerWriters #DeafCreator #StorytellingIsSurvival
I wrote a queer jazz musical because I was tired of being erased.
Speakeasy is glitter, gospel, found family & rebellion — a love letter to queer joy in a world that keeps trying to silence it.
✨ Read why I wrote it: https://f.mtr.cool/mxqhjmvury
#QueerJoy #LGBTQ #MusicalTheatre
Speakeasy is glitter, gospel, found family & rebellion — a love letter to queer joy in a world that keeps trying to silence it.
✨ Read why I wrote it: https://f.mtr.cool/mxqhjmvury
#QueerJoy #LGBTQ #MusicalTheatre
August 1, 2025 at 7:02 PM
I wrote a queer jazz musical because I was tired of being erased.
Speakeasy is glitter, gospel, found family & rebellion — a love letter to queer joy in a world that keeps trying to silence it.
✨ Read why I wrote it: https://f.mtr.cool/mxqhjmvury
#QueerJoy #LGBTQ #MusicalTheatre
Speakeasy is glitter, gospel, found family & rebellion — a love letter to queer joy in a world that keeps trying to silence it.
✨ Read why I wrote it: https://f.mtr.cool/mxqhjmvury
#QueerJoy #LGBTQ #MusicalTheatre
Here’s the lyric video for “Come to the Speakeasy.”
It’s from my original musical *Speakeasy* — hope you feel the rebellion!
Hear more at https://www.waymonhudson.com/musical
#QueerMusic#SpeakeasyMusical #QueerTheatre#OriginalSong #Broadway #MusicalTheatre
It’s from my original musical *Speakeasy* — hope you feel the rebellion!
Hear more at https://www.waymonhudson.com/musical
#QueerMusic#SpeakeasyMusical #QueerTheatre#OriginalSong #Broadway #MusicalTheatre
July 31, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Here’s the lyric video for “Come to the Speakeasy.”
It’s from my original musical *Speakeasy* — hope you feel the rebellion!
Hear more at https://www.waymonhudson.com/musical
#QueerMusic#SpeakeasyMusical #QueerTheatre#OriginalSong #Broadway #MusicalTheatre
It’s from my original musical *Speakeasy* — hope you feel the rebellion!
Hear more at https://www.waymonhudson.com/musical
#QueerMusic#SpeakeasyMusical #QueerTheatre#OriginalSong #Broadway #MusicalTheatre
It’s all launching now.
The memoir. The musical. The life.
You can read the full story + watch the video here:
👉 open.substack.com/pub/waymonhu...
Thank you for being here. Let’s make some noise. 💥
The memoir. The musical. The life.
You can read the full story + watch the video here:
👉 open.substack.com/pub/waymonhu...
Thank you for being here. Let’s make some noise. 💥
July 29, 2025 at 4:10 PM
It’s all launching now.
The memoir. The musical. The life.
You can read the full story + watch the video here:
👉 open.substack.com/pub/waymonhu...
Thank you for being here. Let’s make some noise. 💥
The memoir. The musical. The life.
You can read the full story + watch the video here:
👉 open.substack.com/pub/waymonhu...
Thank you for being here. Let’s make some noise. 💥
A few years ago, I moved to the jungle.
I needed to start over.
Now I live surrounded by trees, dogs, and joy I never thought possible.
That’s where I built these stories.
That’s where I built myself.
I needed to start over.
Now I live surrounded by trees, dogs, and joy I never thought possible.
That’s where I built these stories.
That’s where I built myself.
July 29, 2025 at 4:10 PM
A few years ago, I moved to the jungle.
I needed to start over.
Now I live surrounded by trees, dogs, and joy I never thought possible.
That’s where I built these stories.
That’s where I built myself.
I needed to start over.
Now I live surrounded by trees, dogs, and joy I never thought possible.
That’s where I built these stories.
That’s where I built myself.
🎶 Speakeasy is my Broadway-style musical set in a 1920s queer speakeasy.
It’s Romeo & Juliet meets jazz, gender rebellion, and found family y way if a drag ball.
Joy is protest. Love is louder than law.
And yes — the song playing in the video on substack? I wrote that too.
It’s Romeo & Juliet meets jazz, gender rebellion, and found family y way if a drag ball.
Joy is protest. Love is louder than law.
And yes — the song playing in the video on substack? I wrote that too.
July 29, 2025 at 4:10 PM
🎶 Speakeasy is my Broadway-style musical set in a 1920s queer speakeasy.
It’s Romeo & Juliet meets jazz, gender rebellion, and found family y way if a drag ball.
Joy is protest. Love is louder than law.
And yes — the song playing in the video on substack? I wrote that too.
It’s Romeo & Juliet meets jazz, gender rebellion, and found family y way if a drag ball.
Joy is protest. Love is louder than law.
And yes — the song playing in the video on substack? I wrote that too.
📖 Notes From a Sissy — my memoir about growing up gay in the South.
It’s funny. Raw. A little heartbreaking. A lot healing.
It’s about finding your voice in a world that wants you silent.
Previews are live now.
It’s funny. Raw. A little heartbreaking. A lot healing.
It’s about finding your voice in a world that wants you silent.
Previews are live now.
July 29, 2025 at 4:10 PM
📖 Notes From a Sissy — my memoir about growing up gay in the South.
It’s funny. Raw. A little heartbreaking. A lot healing.
It’s about finding your voice in a world that wants you silent.
Previews are live now.
It’s funny. Raw. A little heartbreaking. A lot healing.
It’s about finding your voice in a world that wants you silent.
Previews are live now.